Episode 19 - Jerry Maguire

So Jerry Maguire.

Jerry Maguire, 1996, written and directed by Cameron Crowe, nominated for a bunch of Oscars, but it only won Best Supporting Actor, Cuba Gooding Jr.

And his Oscar speech is iconic.

He famously yelled, "I love you, I love you, I love you," over the orchestra playing him off.

And I cannot believe Tom Cruise did not win an Oscar for this.

It sounded like it was a banger year for film.

They were up against The English Patient, so The English Patient beat out Jerry Maguire for a few of the awards.

But the movie that the actor who beat Tom Cruise for Best Actor was Geoffrey Rush for a movie I've never heard of called Shine.

Have you heard of this movie?

No, but Geoffrey Rush is in another movie we did.

Okay.

I'm jumping ahead a little bit, but I'm watching this movie this weekend, and I haven't watched it in a long time, and I just keep on stopping and writing my notes.

Holy shit, Tom Cruise is so good.

I would ...

Okay, I had the same thoughts.

I was like, "Wow, like he's a good actor." He's had the career to, that matches the acting talent.

But like, you know, you think, "Oh, Tom Cruise.

Oh, he's a," what do they call it? Like a movie star, not an actor, but he is really good.

Tom Cruise, as of late, ever since he had his Scientology jump on the couch Oprah thing meltdown, and I just think of him as a kooky Scientologist who's in action movies.

He's in, what are those movies that he's in that come out every year where he ...

Mission Impossible, right? That's what they're still making.

Yeah.

So that's what I think of, of as far as Tom Cruise now.

He's just a kooky Scientologist-

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